Moistening-machine.



W. C. TINGLE.

MOISTENING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 15, 1914.

1,154,552. PatentedSept. 21, 1915.

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W. C. TINGLE.

MOISTENING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 15. 1914.

1,154,552. PatentedSept. 21, 1915.

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WILLIAM C. TINGLE, OF WASHINGTON, MISSOURI.

MOISTENING-MACHINE.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, WILLIAM C. TINoLn, citizen of the United States, residing at Vashington, in the county of Franklin and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Moistening- Machines, of which the following is a specification.

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My invention relates to machines for wetting materials, especially such as are of a fibrous nature, for example, leather, to soften the same and render it pliable and easy to work.

It is a well known fact that the fibers of a leather inner sole have to be moistened before the machine commonly known as the welter can sew the welt, upper and inner Heretofore it has been the custom to apply water to the outside of the inner sole, either with a can, similar to an oil can, or by dipping the sole in water or other suitable liquid. In reality, the only part of an inner sole that needs moistening is the between substance or, in other words, that part of the inner sole directly between the bottom of the two knife cuts,

which form the outside and inside channels.

Such being the case, the object of the invention is to apply the water or other moistening fluid directly to the between substance at the bottom of the inside channel of the inner sole and not necessarily to other parts as heretofore.

The above and additional objects are accomplished by such means as are illustrated in their preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawings, described in the following specification and then more particularly pointed out in the claims which are appended hereto and form a part of this application.

In describing my invention in detail reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is an end view of a wetting machine constructed in accordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the machine; Fig. 3 is a rear end view; F ig. l is a detail elevation, partly in section, of the nozzle; Fig. 5 is an enlarged section on the line 5-5 of Fig. t; Fig. 6 is an enlarged elevation, partly broken away, of 50 the operating shaft and feed wheel mounted thereupon; and Fig. 7 is an enlarged longi- Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Se t. 21 1915 Application filed April 15, 1914.

Serial No. 832,119.

tudinal sectional view of the head portion of the machine.

Referring. now to the drawings by numerals, 1 designates a table, stand or other suitable support upon which the machine comprising the present invention is mounted.

The machine in its preferred embodiment includes an upright frame portion 2 having alateral angular-1y disposed extension 3 integral therewith, said extension terminating in an enlargement or head portions provided with a longitudinal bore or opening 5. Within said bore or opening 5. a suitable sleeve 6 is arranged, said sleeve having formed upon one of its ends, an annular flange 7 so positioned relatively to the head portion 4: of the frame as to rest thereupon in a manner apparent upon reference to Fig. 70f the drawings. Said flange 7.with a Dollar 8 mounted upon the said sleeve 6, provides a means whereby longitudinal movement of the sleeve within the bore 5 is prevented. An operating shaft 8 adjustable longitudinally with respect to the sleeve 6 but rotatable therewith is arranged to pass through the bore of the said sleeve, said shaft having mounted upon its lower end a feed or operating wheel 9, the lateral faces of which are beveled oppositely,one of the said lateral faces being corrugated as indicated at 10 for a purpose to be hereinafter fully described. Upon the opposite or upper end of the said shaft 8 a pulley wheel 10 is mounted, said pulley wheel being keyed or otherwise fixedly secured to the said shaft and providedwith a peripheral groove for the reception of a strap 11. A suitable bracket 12 is fixedly secured to the upright portion of the machine frame 2, the said bracket supporting a pair of spaced apart pulley wheels 13 also peripherally grooved for the reception of the said strap 11, the strap being arranged over the pul- I leys 10 and 13 in a manner illustrated to advantage in Fig. 3 of the drawings. By this arrangement, it is apparent that the shaft 8 may be driven or rotated at a rate of speed suitable to the proper operation of the device. i

A foot or nozzle 14 is attached to the head 4 of the frame, said nozzle being extended at an angle as indicated at 15 to terminate at a point adjacent the corrugated face of the feed wheel 9. Within the extended portion 15 of the nozzle, a comparatively small pipe section 16 is fitted, said pipe section having attached thereto in any suitable manner a supply pipe 17 through which water or other suitable liquid under pressure is forced.

Operation of the machine is as follows: The shoe sole acted upon should be so arranged, inner sole uppermost, relatively to the extended portion" of the nozzle lat as to of the sole and directly to the between substance whereby a moistening of the between substance only is effected.

From the foregoing, taken in connection with-the accompanying drawings it is ap parent that the operation of the device is simple in the extreme; that the shoe soles mav be conditioned properl prior to action thereupon by the welter; and that various objectionable features heretofore existing where the whole sole was moistened are eliminated.

In reduction to practice, I have found that the form of my invention, illustrated in the drawings and referred to in the above description, as the preferred embodiment, i

the most eflicient and practical; yet realizing that the conditions concurrent with the adoption of my device will necessarily vary,

I desire to emphasize the fact that various minor changes in details of construction, proportion and arrangement of parts may be resorted to, when required, without sacrificing any of the advantages of my invention, as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is 2- 1. A machine for wetting only a limited portion of a shoe sole consisting in means directly engaging with thesole acted on for advancing it during a wetting operation, and means discharging adjacent the point of engagement of the advancing means with the sole for wetting the sole during its advancement.

2. A wetting machlne for treating leather and like materials including a suitable support, a shaft, means on the shaft and di .rectly engaging with the material acted a corrugated Wheel rotatable with said shaft and engageable with the material acted upon, the rotation of said wheel when in en gagement with said material being adapted to advance the latter, a nozzle engageable with the material acted upon adjacent the said wheel, and means for supplying moisture to the material through said nozzle, during its advancement, as and for the purpose set forth.

I. A wetting machine for treating leather and the like materials including a body portion, an arm extending at an angle to said body portion, a hollow head at the free end of said arm, a sleeve rotatable within said head, a shaft carried by said sleeve and ad 'justable relatively to the said head, means WILLIAM G; TINGLE.

Witnesses:

G. WATKINS, J. J. SMITH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of. Patents,

: Washington, D. C. 

